at the Ala Moana Hotel, Hibiscus Ballroom

* The new PDPM begins October 1, 2019
* Patient clinical characteristics in totality will determine payment
* Quick and highly accurate assessment and diagnosis will be critical
* Payment will no longer be focused on therapy minutes and ADLs but will rely on over 180 MDS item fields
* Failing to accurately code patient needs will have a significant impact on adequate and accurate payment for high quality care
* Staff roles must change to operate effectively under PDPM

IT’S COMING AND WE CAN HELP

The PDPM ACADEMY is a 10-month training effort to help centers prepare for this massive change.

PDPM ACADEMY is Both In-Person Training and Continuing Updates and Support

Provider members of AHCA and the Healthcare Association of Hawaii who register for the PDPM ACADEMY will have access to:
* PDPM 101 workshop webinar
* One-day in person training workshop on March 15, 2019
* Monthly workshop webinars on key topics and emerging PDPM issues
* How To: webinars on implementing additional tools developed by AHCA

At the in-person workshop, participants will go in-depth with hands on experiential learning by:
1. Aligning buildings and companies to transition to PDPM
2. Classifying residents in case mix groups
3. Assessing market position in a PDPM environment
4. Using organizational, business, and management tools to reconfigure business planning.

Enroll in the PDPM Academy to get the knowledge and support you need for a successful transition to PDPM.

Who should register:

PDPM is going to change the future of long term and post-acute care! For a successful transition, an interdisciplinary PDPM Transition Team is critical. The AHCA PDPM Academy Workshop has been designed to lay the foundation for not just a transition person but a PDPM transition team, comprised of:

Administrators and Other SNF Leadership

MDS Coordinators and Other Resident Assessment Staff

Nursing, Therapy and Other Care Staff

Billing and Coding Staff

*Registration is limited to HAH and AHCA nursing facility members only.

Speakers:

Dan Ciolek, PT, MS, PMP

Dan Ciolek, Associate Vice President, Therapy Services, joined AHCA/NCAL in July 2013. He is a physical therapist and his clinical and healthcare policy experience spans over 30 years. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Ithaca College, and a Master of Science from the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. He has practiced as a clinician, manager, and business owner in a variety of settings including acute inpatient, inpatient rehabilitation, skilled nursing facility, home health, outpatient, and industrial health. He was a SNF manager during the transition from cost-based reimbursement to the RUG-based SNF PPS system in 1998. He previously earned the Geriatric Physical Therapy Specialist certification, and is a certified Project Management Professional. Prior to joining AHCA/NCAL, Dan served in the Subject Matter Expert and Project Manager capacities in numerous CMS contracts for 13 years. Dan’s CMS work expanded beyond therapy and included: national outpatient therapy utilization analysis for PT, OT, and SLP services; medical review; development of policy recommendations; development of Medicare Learning Network and 1-800-Medicare content, and Physician Quality Reporting System reporting enhancements. Additionally, Dan has contributed to therapy and health policy activities in numerous other capacities within the physical therapy profession. Within AHCA/NCAL, Dan continues to serve on or otherwise support the efforts of several CMS and MedPAC technical expert panels related to therapy quality measurement and payment models. Overall, Dan is recognized as a leading expert in therapy policy and research, including a focus on reimbursement issues. His advocacy efforts have been recognized through his receipt of two national professional awards for Policy Making and Advocacy for Older Adults.

Nanci Wilson, RPT, DPT, CCI, HHA

Industry/Government Liaison and Partner- Plum Healthcare Group, LLC. I have 42 years of operational/administrative experience within the healthcare industry with a primary focus on geriatrics: 27 years of SNF experience, 13 years of Home Health experience and 2 years of acute rehab experience. Over the course of the last 12 years with Plum I served in the following roles: Director of Rehab Services: designing a SNF rehab model that was integrated into provider services, President of Plum’s Home Health and Hospice division, Administrator for Plum as the awardee convener for the Model 3 BPCI demonstration program, Land Lead for our M&A team and participant on our Executive Leadership’s Strategic/Innovative Team, Vice President of Research and Development, and Chief Clinical Officer: focusing on a clinical re-organization project. Since June of 2018, I continue in semi-retired role as Industry/Government Relations Liaison for Plum. Additionally, I am a member of AHCA’s Reimbursement Cabinet and CAHF’s Government

The National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) has approved the above named program for continuing education credit with a start date of 3/15/2019 and an expiration date of 3/15/2019.

State licensure boards have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses. There is no conflict of interest for any planner or presenter with this learning activity.

To receive a Certificate of Completion, the registration fee must be paid, and each individual must sign-in at the workshop and complete the evaluation.

Registration is limited to HAH and AHCA Nursing Facility Members only.

Who should register? It takes a TEAM…

PDPM is going to change the future of long term and post-acute care! For a successful transition, an interdisciplinary PDPM Transition Team is critical. The AHCA PDPM Academy Workshop has been designed to lay the foundation for not just a transition person but a PDPM transition team, comprised of:

Administrators and Other SNF Leadership

MDS Coordinators and Other Resident Assessment Staff

Nursing, Therapy and Other Care Staff

Billing and Coding Staff

REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.

Group Registrations: To register more than one person from a facility or corporate office, contact educate@ahca.org to receive registration and payment instructions. Once the members of the group have been registered and payment processed, each individual in the group will receive an email with instructions on how to activate their registration using the group code.

Group Registrations:
To register more than one person from a facility or corporate office, contact educate@ahca.org to receive registration and payment instructions. Once the members of the group have been registered and payment processed, each individual in the group will receive an email with instructions on how to activate their registration using the group code.

**NO REFUNDS for non-attendance. Refer to AHCA’s webpage for further policies on cancellations/substitutions.

The PDPM Academy Workshop will be held at the Ala Moana Hotel (410 Atkinson Drive, Honolulu HI 96814).

Parking

Self-parking in the Ala Moana Hotel Garage will be validated. Bring your parking stub to the workshop and we’ll validate it for you at Registration. Valet parking is not covered and costs $25 per car. Parking in the shopping center parking lot is at your own risk.

Overnight Guests

The Ala Moana Hotel is offering a 12% discount off of the best available rate at the time of booking in the Kona and Waikiki Towers, City/Mountain view.

To get the discount, you may book and pay for your reservation(s) one of two ways:

Ala Moana Hotel reservations can be reached at:
1-800-367-6025; or 955-4811 from Oahu

The discount “PDPM19” is only valid for travel between March 13-17, 2019, based upon availability at time of booking.

The promo code will expire on 3/6/19, OR, if there are no rooms available (meaning the hotel is sold out), whichever occurs first.

In order for the in-person training to be effective and meaningful to the participants it is imperative that registered providers watch a series of webinars in advance. PDPM Academy Trainers will assume participants have watched six pre-recorded webinars to ensure they have foundational PDPM knowledge for a hands-on workshop experience. Because the pre-recorded webinars are in short increments, Academy participants may watch as they have time rather than watching a single long webinar.